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As an old "journo" who got ill and had to leave the trade, I have been writing history-related articles for magazines. I've missed the news, but only wrote a few articles and the occasional photo for newspapers due to deadline pressures which I couldn't cope with due to my health. The internet is different, and I am banging away at my keyboard (no longer my typewriter!) quite happily.
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The number of portable robots deployed in Afghanistan is set to increase with the British Ministry of Defence ordering devices that can operate in caves, courtyards and which can help dismantle Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
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The location of a secret site allegedly used by the CIA to interrogate suspects has been revealed near the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. The site is reportedly one of eight such secret centres around the world.
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A new book by Eric H. Cline reveals the first extra-Biblical evidence of the House of David, naming, among others, a descendant of David, Joram, who ruled the Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century B.C.
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Archaeologists have surprised a man in Norway, telling him the old abandoned sword he found by the roadside is in fact 3,000 years old.
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A report says the former South African Air Force (SAAF) pilot who was killed at yesterday’s Overberg Fly-In near Cape Town was a very experienced pilot with close to 16,000 flying hours.
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A former military aircraft belonging to a private aviation company has crashed at an air show near Cape Town, killing the pilot, Dave Stock.
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South Africa has remembered its war dead with wreath-laying ceremonies marking Armistice Day, also known as “Poppy Day,” in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town.
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Former Lieutenant-Colonel István Belovai, who revealed the existence of a widespread spy-ring within NATO to the US government and reportedly prevented a Soviet attack on Western Europe, has died aged 71.
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The American nuclear-powered attack submarine, USS San Juan, has arrived in Simon’s Town, South Africa’s main naval facility, for an unprecedented series of joint manoeuvres with South Africa’s submarine force.
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A new study shows how the ancient Nazca civilisation destroyed itself by deforestation, and the lessons are all too clear for us today. The civilisation, which flourished in coastal Peru, is known for patterns that can only be seen from the air.
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A Hungarian Bishop, Zoltán Meszlényi, has been recognised as a martyr for his faith by the Catholic Church. Meszlényi is the first of the Hungarian victims of the Stalin-era anti-church persecution to be beatified.
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New York city is to host a five-month festival of theatre, film, music and dance from seven Central and Eastern European countries celebrating the part played by the arts in the demise of Communist dictatorship.
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The South African Air Force (SAAF) has established a Board of Inquiry for an unusual accident last week in which a civilian passenger accidentally ejected from a two-seat trainer during tight manoeuvres.
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General Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle named after him, is a hero in Russia whose upcoming 90th birthday is to be a national celebration. He recently said he regrets that terrorists and gangsters use his design.
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Groups in South Africa representing Muslims, local communities and Somali immigrants have rejected allegations in the media about links to terror networks or Muslim militancy.
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South Africa has marked its 10-year anniversary of peacekeeping missions. At a military parade in the central city of Bloemfontein, President Jacob Zuma said the missions brought hope to the African continent.
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Pakistani forces have used heavy weapons and air strikes against Taliban positions in South Waziristan Agency near the Afghan border. This follows unexpected strong resistance from Taliban fighters last week.
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Pakistan’s offensive against militants in South Waziristan has met serious resistance from Taliban forces armed with heavy weapons on entering the territory of the former Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
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The measures being put in place to keep visitors safe at next year’s FIFA Soccer World Cup in South Africa will include the biggest command and control operation yet undertaken by the South African military.
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The Hungarian historian who was reported to have ‘discovered’ a house belonging to the real “Dracula,” says the claims were inaccurate. Dr Tamás Fedeles says the cellar can indeed be linked to Wallachian Duke Vlad III, but not with any certainty.
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